Today’s
excerpt is from Back To China, a stand alone book featuring Jim Scott and
several old friends of his. Drew and
Boris, called in to discover who was behind the kidnapping of two scientists,
strike pay dirt soon after arriving in Las Vegas. Enjoy and have a wonderful day.
m.j.
Instantly
shaken, the secretary just pointed to the office of Mao Jinping.
As Drew headed
to the office door, Boris stopped at the desk of the secretary. “Do not use the phone until told to do
so. It rings, do not answer it. Understood?”
“Yes…yes, sir,”
was the stuttering reply.
Boris nearly
smiled as he went through the door Drew had left open. He slammed it shut.
Drew glared at
Mao. “Did you organize this morning’s
murders and kidnapping—or did you just lend your trucks for the dastardly
deed?”
Mao opened his
mouth to speak. Seemingly out of
nowhere, Boris had his gun in hand and jammed it into the mouth of the
man. He held up one finger of the other
hand. “You have not yet lied to us. You were about to lie for the first
time. Listen very carefully to what my
friend has to say. Then he will ask the
same question again.”
Sweat was
showing on Mao’s brow, as he tried to nod with the gun still in his mouth.
Drew growled,
“We do not work for the government. We are
just concerned citizens, who have been assured any laws we violate will be
forgiven by a Presidential pardon. We
already have information you were involved.
Now, the way this is going to work is I will ask questions and you will
answer truthfully. Your failure to do so
will probably result in you spending what term of sentence you ultimately
receive as a blind, castrated, limbless paraplegic…or at least partially so,
until you decide to cooperate. If you
understand, nod.”
After receiving
the desired nod, Drew continued, as Boris withdrew his gun, “If you remember my
original question, please give me a truthful answer.”
When Drew and
Boris were nearly finished with Mao, they heard the outer door open, and
hurried footsteps, as the secretary had pointed at the door to Mao’s office
with a great deal of urgency. When the
two men who had entered the office burst through the door, guns in hands, they
never got off a shot, as a silent shot from Drew’s gun and one loosed by Boris
both hit home, killing the two in their tracks.
While Boris
turned his weapon on Mao, Drew hurried to the outer office and grumbled to the
secretary, “Get in here…now!”
Only after the
shaking woman did as told did Drew make sure both would-be assailants were
dead. His next move was to secure the
hands of both the secretary and Mao.
After a seconds thought, he called Bear.
“Bear…where are you?”
“Getting a nice
new car to drive, courtesy of Evan and the FBI.”
“Is your plane
still here?”
“Yes…but Sarah
is about to takeoff.”
“Stop her. Get your war bag…”
“Got it
already.”
“…and a
parachute. Dress in black. You’re gonna go on a hairy jump, old
friend. Boris and I are too old for that
crap. Is Evan nearby?”
“Yeah.”
“Give him your
phone.”
“Hi, Drew.”
“Hello,
Evan. If you’ve been here awhile, why
have we not heard from you?”
“After the group
here told me you got the name of the truck company’s owner, I assumed you would
not want to be disturbed. Also, I’ve got
a kettle of fish to fry. The new Director,
Chuck Fisher—an excellent choice, by the way—has been organizing things so that
everyone understands I’m in charge until further notice. That includes my people, Homeland folks, and
DOD. The Brits here…four MI6 guys…have
seconded themselves to me until further notice, on orders of Tony Henry—or I
guess it’s ‘Sir Anthony’ now. What have
you been up to?”
“We know who’s
in charge—and most of who are involved.
We’ve got two bodies for you to deal with, when you have time. You want to come to us…or at least send some
of your people? We’re gonna be a bit
pressed for time, from what we’ve found out.”
“I’ll send a
couple of guys to take care of the bodies.
You got anybody alive?”
“Yeah—we’ll
bring them to you. We’re gonna lock up
the office here. Have your guys figure
out how to get in. The bodies are in an
inner office.”
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